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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
“And, if you say, “you know, maybe I participated in the problem, maybe I contributed,” everyone goes, “well then, you deserve whatever you get.” Acknowledging being part of a problem doesn’t diminish the value of having been a victim” english.elpais.com/culture/2026...
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Sarah Schulman, writer: ‘Perpetrators now present themselves as victims’
A decade ago, the intellectual published ‘Conflict Is Not Abuse,’ a book about the use of victimhood to justify cruelty. This practice has now become the norm worldwide
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JenX_Perth @jenxperth.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Once a grifter, always a grifter 🤬 #auspol
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Politico @politico.com · 11/10/2026
Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack politi.co/4jRLFVP
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Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack politi.co/4jRLFVP
Saudi Arabia extends closure of airport after 12 killed in suspected Houthi missile attack politi.co/4jRLFVP
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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s really weird right now following lots of left wing politically active people from metro areas, while living in a rural community. The Canberra bubble just doesn’t care about the harm, despair and destructive anger happening in the bush atm www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A banner along the Pacific Highway speaks volumes about why some communities are turning to One Nation
‘Centrelink is evil’ isn’t a call to slash welfare payments – it’s a sign people are frustrated about the ability to access government support
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 11/10/2026
Lucy Guerin Inc is known for its influential approach to risk-taking and highly experimental work. Anna Snoekstra speaks to its founder about why she is leaving it all behind. trib.al/1gq1s6P
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Lucy Guerin performs her last dance
After 25 years, Lucy Guerin is farewelling the contemporary dance company she founded with a solo performance that reflects on her celebrated career.
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 10/10/2026
If I built an AI lab and it went rogue and deleted all student loan information, I'm betting they'd suddenly figure out how to prosecute me.
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Stephen Wild @stephenjwild.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
If you want to see a really good example of the big data paradox in action: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Unrepresentative big surveys significantly overestimated US vaccine uptake - Nature
An analysis of three surveys of COVID-19 vaccine behaviour shows that larger surveys overconfidently overestimated vaccine uptake, a demonstration of how larger sample sizes can paradoxicall...
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
NEW: Prime Minister Andy Burnham finally breaks a decade of UK govt silence…& reveals there was ‘clear’ Russian interference in the Brexit vote. 1/
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
At least we can see who he hangs out with… not just Coal stations.
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Kathy @kedawson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Lennon frequently advocates for Aust to “stay majority white” saying that the country’s “founding stock and class” should not be “erased”. His online platforms are filled with racist content and coded references to Nazi conspiracies incl the great replacement theory www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...
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‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception
Anti-immigration rallies that have drawn tens of thousands of Australians are being secretly controlled by neo-Nazis – part of a co-ordinated “fraud on the public”.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 09/10/2026
Remember when Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale called for public executions? www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
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Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
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Chris Pomfret @chrispomfret.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Matt Canavan posing for photos with White Nationalists at CPAC. Canavan knows this is Hugo Lennon.
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Pup Fiction @pupfiction.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Imagine someone saying that the US could have stopped the war with Japan if they did a deal after Pearl Harbour and gave up Hawaii
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Nicole Chvastek @nicolechvastek.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Report this MSM - Pauline Hanson lets Neo Nazis into her campaign launch, plays grotesquely racist AI ads, says she’ll lock up her political rivals and shovel money to the rich. Just like her US hero - the Orange fascist sex predator. “Truth Lies&Media” is live!⚡️ Promo Match Frame Editing #auspol
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Evil CLP making life even harder for the First Nations peoples.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Sheer bloody evil “The 400-bed YiSSA shelter, which has been operating at capacity with a waiting list, is closing after the Northern Territory government rejected a financial rescue offer from the federal government to keep it operating” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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'Trouble coming' as hundreds at Darwin shelter moved 100km to tiny town
Darwin's largest short-stay accommodation facility YiSSA is shutting its doors today, with hundreds of residents being told to move 100 kilometres away to a tiny outback town. The closure has sparked ...
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
It’s not just the economy, stupid – it's everything else as well (short version - mainstream politics is headed back to 1991/92) www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
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It’s not just the economy, stupid – it's everything else as well
It’s the economy stupid, but it’s also health. And it’s happened, to borrow from Hemingway, in two ways – gradually and then suddenly.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
thepoint.com.au/new/261009-k...
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Kudelka Climate Cartoon Award announces 2026 longlist
The annual Stanley Awards, Australia’s premier awards for cartoonists, has announced its long list for best climate cartoon honours. Born out of a boycott of fossil fuel sponsorship, from this year th...
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Hey guess what everybody? We’re doing a climate cartoon award again and we’re naming it in our dear, late friend Jon Kudelka’s honour!
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli...
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‘Occupation. Expulsion. Settlement’: Israeli politician campaigns on platform to ethnically cleanse Gaza
Zehut leader and former Likud MK, Moshe Feiglin, defends slogan as he calls for Israeli settlements to be built in the strip
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 08/10/2026
Presentations and videos from a network of 30-plus pro-fossil fuel groups show a coordinated effort to influence public opinion on climate change, and challenge environmental groups, journalists and First Nations land defenders. @meyer.bsky.social has the exclusive.
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‘Knowing our opponents’: how a pro-oil-and-gas group tracks journalists, First Nations and environmentalists
New research by Greenpeace Canada lays out a web of pro-oil and gas groups working together to influence public opinion on climate change.
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Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 08/10/2026
on the same day Trump celebrates Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's contributions to the US, the Trump administration has accused Microsoft of abusing the visa system to bring in more foreign workers. Microsoft has now fired back against the accusations www.theverge.com/policy/10081...
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Trump administration says Microsoft ‘abused’ worker visa program and is cutting off access
Adobe, Cognizant, and Infosys have also been suspended.
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Melissa Sweet @melissasweetdr.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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NT government departments hit by massive network outage
A massive network outage interrupted all government departments in the Northern Territory today, affecting services from hospital to police systems.
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rooftop solar smashes output records in two states, as home batteries dull grid impact in sunny Spring reneweconomy.com.au/rooftop-sola...
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Rooftop solar smashes output records in two states, as home batteries dull grid impact in sunny Spring
A sunny Spring has delivered two new output records for rooftop solar in two Australian states, as the enormous power of consumer energy resources continues to be felt.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 08/10/2026
"When one side rejects pluralism, electoral legitimacy, or epistemic accountability, then 'reconciliation' & even 'civility' function less as neutral civic virtues than as asymmetric constraints, & they risk unilaterally disarming pro-democracy forces." Gonna link to this piece every week, forever.
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Frontiers | The problem with polarization research in an age of extremism
"I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block i...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 08/10/2026
I have been thinking a lot about this - namely, what does it mean that we even ask about the "net benefit" of a policy like this? It calls back to two things: - "AI for climate" narratives - Carbon offsets Both pleas to treat a combo of steps backwards + forwards as a "net good"
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Politico @politico.com · 08/10/2026
Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed politi.co/4znsJmj
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Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed politi.co/4znsJmj
Mamdani attended exclusive fundraiser hosted by his supporters for Abdul El-Sayed politi.co/4znsJmj
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Last week, former La Trobe and Wollongong VC, John Dewar, left KordaMentha, the consultancy embroiled in accusations of university mismanagement and over-reliance on consultants. michaelwest.com.au/university-gover…
University governance flaws exposed. End of consultants’ bonanza?Last week, former La Trobe and Wollongong VC, John Dewar, left KordaMentha, the consultancy embroiled in accusations of university mismanagement and over-reliance on consultants.The report treats these problems as interconnected. It highlights widespread transparency issues requiring systemic policy reforms to improve accountability and public trust in Australian public universities.Consultants runs the show
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Rapid electrification is the best hope to meet ambitious 1.5°C climate target, new report says reneweconomy.com.au/rapid-electr...
reneweconomy.com.au
Rapid electrification is the best hope to meet ambitious 1.5°C climate target, new report says
New report finds that electrification is the best hope for keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees - provided that power comes from clean technologies.
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Deirdre Mitchell-MacLean @womenofabpoli.ca · 08/10/2026
“…who among us hasn’t wondered how a bunch of nobodies from Alberta ended up getting meetings with officials from the U.S. Administration in the first place? Nobodies who have the gall to offer up access to things only the Alberta govt can offer?” #ableg #abpoli open.substack.com/pub/womenofa...
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We’ve heard this story from Danielle before
They say the best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. That’s bad news for Alberta; again.
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Dan Miller @dan--miller.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A few numbers that put billionaire philanthropy in perspective: • $2+ trillion sitting in foundations & donor-advised funds • Up to 73% of ultra-wealthy donations effectively subsidized by taxpayers • 69% of nonprofits facing funding cuts ips-dc.org/philanthropy...
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Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy - Institute for Policy Studies
Gilded Giving 2026: Philanthropy Under Oligarchy
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Great way to ruin tourism…
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
💯 and scanners for ‘Free Palestine’ …
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John Lewis @johnnol1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I am sure they have up to date Mossad training and Zion approval.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
More, bigger guns? I feel safer already.
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Liberal failures: - COVID - Robodebt -AUKUS -Transparency/accountability -Whistleblowerprotection -Gaza/Iran -Gamblingreform -Climatechange -Media -Consultancies -Environment/waste -Housing -CSIRO -Matesjobs -Politiciansexpenses -Electoral laws -Publiceducation -Socialcohesion -CFMEU -gas tax
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The only way to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas is to phase out oil and gas production. The oil and gas industry has had 150 years to figure out how to do it. Instead they refuse any regulation.
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EPA Readies Bid to Ease Methane Controls for Oil, Gas Companies
The US Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is readying a proposal to loosen federal rules designed to cut methane releases from oil and gas operations.
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In 2024 @txsharon.bsky.social and I wrote an op-ed for SciAm on methane: "The facts are clear that the only viable path to addressing methane emissions is strong and courageous intervention from government to rapidly build out clean energy resources while phasing out oil and gas production."
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We Can Solve Climate’s Methane Crisis—And Without New Satellites or Regulations
New regulations, and satellites such as MethaneSat, very likely will not cut methane emissions. Natural gas industry economics will instead continue delaying their needed reduction
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in the Epstein files and it is incumbent on Canadians to demand an investigation into Canadians that did ‘business’ with Epstein. It is awful, it is uncomfortable, and it requires our courage to root out corruption. #cdnpoli #Canadasky
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Patty Lane @pattylane.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
BC student fought her school board for composting and recycling @katharinehayhoe.com @seos-uvic.bsky.social @uvic.ca @saltspringislandbc.bsky.social @youthclimatej.bsky.social @fridaysforfuture.bsky.social @coveringclimatenow.org @guydauncey.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/05/o...
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BC student fought her school board for composting and recycling
In Grade 10, Melody Silva began pressing her Saltspring Island, BC, school to provide plastic recycling and composting. To her frustration and despite a strong economic argument and widespread student...
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Paul Begley @yelgeb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Two defeats, but they weren’t done. The Government has deep pockets stuffed with taxpayers’ cash. They’re not spending their money on expensive lawyers; they’re spending your money trying to keep their secrets locked away." @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/shakedown-at...
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Shakedown at Transparency Corral. Government brings out the money gun - Michael West
The Albanese Government has reached a new low, using a Federal Court appeal application and questionable legal tactics to avoid scrutiny.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
This is how you do it.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The media & political establishment obsesses over the absence of global leaders at pre-COP. And ignored the Albanese govt's real failure: their pretence of concern for #ClimateCrisis impacts on Pacific nations, while continuing to approve massive fossil fuel projects at home. #hypocrisy #auspol
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The pitch from Axon Enterprise must sound irresistible to police commissioners everywhere. michaelwest.com.au/ai-and-the-polic…
AI and the police. Axon’s phantom officers and a vanishing audit trailThe pitch from Axon Enterprise must sound irresistible to police commissioners everywhere.“In one example we have seen, an otherwise excellent report included a reference to an officer who was not even at the scene.Axon, Palantir and Cellebrite
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David Lunt @davidlunt.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
He can FRO! Is he hoping to make it easier for the US to take individual states for itself? 🤡
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Peter Gardner @peterdgardner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Utility solar power hits record high in first month of Spring, as gas generation falls to new low reneweconomy.com.au/utility-sola...
reneweconomy.com.au
Utility solar power hits record high in first month of Spring, as gas generation falls to new low
Large-scale solar generation hit record highs in three states across Australia's main grid in September, new data shows, as the total amount of gas generated over the month fell to a new low.
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